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Burritos aren’t from Mexico?  Yeah right!  Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me that Pizzas aren’t from Italy!

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  1. cherrybomb on August 29th, 2008 2:03 pm

    What most people would call a burrito these days, I remember being calles a “zapato” (shoe). Anyone else remember that?

  2. ragabashmoon on August 28th, 2008 8:04 pm

    I like Chimichangas best :)

    Also, what IS the origin of pizza, since you mentioned it? I always heard it was from “Pisa pie” named when a Queen was visiting Pisa, and wanted cheese in her meat pie, and normally they would have been like “WTF” but it was the Queen, so they ran and got her cheese and baked it with the meat. :P

  3. cedrickzepp on August 28th, 2008 3:40 pm

    Exacto…!!!

    Así como el mentado “Burrito” no es mexicano, ni siquiera es un taco, paradójicamente, los cacahuates japoneses ( japanese style mani) no es del lejano oriente… El cacahuate japonés es mexicano. En 1945, Yoshigei Nakatani lo creó y hasta 1980 dominó el mercado con la empresa Nipón.

    En la planta de Nipón no se escucha el ruido de las máquinas como es costumbre. La empresa está en jaque: renovarse o quedar rezagada. Y es que a decir de Claudia Chieko Nakatani, directora de la compañía, permanecen vicios operativos originados de la estructura familiar de la empresa.

    Su abuelo creó el cacahuate japonés a mitad del siglo pasado en un taller del mercado de La Merced en la ciudad de México; ahí mismo se ubicaban sus clientes. “Mi abuelo iba con su diablito a vender lo que había producido en la mañana, el objetivo era sacar el día a día”.
    [Fragmento del artículo de "El Universal"]

    Así, que mis queridos compañeros de clase… el cacahuate japonás fue creado en México, por un japonés…!!!

    Saludos…!!!

  4. daniel franco on August 26th, 2008 8:33 pm

    I have no idea where your source is coming from with what you just said on the burrito argument, but the burrito comes from Mexico. Ok,I’ll explain, the corn tortilla was the first and the only original tortilla (tlaxcallim) of México, but after the conquest from spain to México they introduced wheat and after a few years in the northen part of México, Sonora to be exact (right bellow Arizona), someone came up with the (zauki) flower tortilla, after that came the burrito, but a burrito is a type of taco the original taco is a plain tortilla (corn or flower tortilla) with something in it folded in half, and the “burro” is the one in which the tortilla is rolled sometimes the ends are folded towards the inside other time the arent……if this doesn’t cut it for you take in consideration this, the flower tortilla is about 462 years old, the taco rughly 20 years yunger, so Texas became part of the US in the year 1836, before that Texas was a part of México so the burrito was invented in Mexico any way you put it. By the way I’m from and live in México, Sonora to be exactly so I do know what I’m talking about…….thank you

    prospero811 replied on August 27th, 2008 8:17 am:

    What are your sources? Often, what we think is a real etymology is not.

    daniel franco replied on August 27th, 2008 9:47 am:

    sorry forgot to put my references :
    mainly history books from high school (privided by the schools)
    La historia de un bastardo: maíz y capitalismo” de Arturo Warman.
    and some web based info:
    http://www.quiminet.com.mx/ar7/ar_4%25BB%25E8g%25A 11%25A5%25BE.htm
    http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/efemeride s/marzo/conme14a.htm
    and word of mouth from elderly people……

    pedantickarl replied on August 27th, 2008 10:03 am:

    Hello daniel franco,
    All that you say may be true, historically, but keep the following context in mind. The video is not a history lesson as such. It is a lesson on the word burrito and it’s etymology.

    The theme of the video and key phrase occurs at 1:12 where Marina says, “Burrito first appears in the English language in 1934…”

    Perhaps, it might be clearer if Marina had said, “The *word* burrito first appears in the English Language…”, however, the context of the sentence makes it clear that she is talking about the word.

    I think you would agree with me, that the *English word burrito* and the *American burrito* as we know it did not exist in the 1800s.

    The primary resource Marina uses is the OED and many other books.

    Take a look at this link. It gives a time line of Tex Mex foods and cites many sources and book reading list. Scroll down to the heading called Burrito or click on the link Burrito in this URL.
    http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmexican.html

    Some of the sources are:
    Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink
    Oxford Companion to Food
    Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

  5. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 2:59 pm

    :grin: Hee haw!

  6. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 2:58 pm

    My favorite is the chimichanga. My least favorite is the tamale. I prefer burritos over tacos. I can’t even remember some of the other names given to Mexican tortilla products. Getting back to chimichangas, the best one I ever ate was at Annie’s Santa Fe many years ago in Kansas City on the Country Club Plaza. It was a crab meat chimichanga. Absolutely delicious! I wonder what the etymology of “chimichanga” is? I’m pretty sure that crab meat is not a typical ingredient in Mexican foods! I’ve never seen crab meat in anything remotely “Mexican” since the 1980s….

  7. lividemerald on August 26th, 2008 2:53 pm

    Reminds me that I haven’t seen any burros or burritos over in Red Rock Canyon (just west of the Las Vegas Valley) for awhile. I saw several burros together one year on Christmas Day. I think they were making burritos…

  8. animalntaz on August 26th, 2008 12:47 pm

    You kinda scared me a little at the beginning with the small ass and burrito thing, since Mexican food is commonly associated with diahrea.

    But off that thought, I like burritos better than tacos. :mrgreen:

  9. muggins on August 26th, 2008 10:19 am

    I prefer tacos over burritos, Mexican style (using soft tortillas instead of fried shells), because it is more flavorful and healthy than using flour tortillas or deep fried shells. But, let’s widen our horizons, amigos. You might be wondering, is the Hispanic culture the only one that makes tortillas? Good question because the answer is no. Norwegians make a tortilla using wheat flour and potato that they call lefse. The flavor of a regular flour tortilla is bland. The flavor of lefse is light and somewhat sweet because of the potato ingredient. It can be used for savory or sweet fillings, or with just butter. You think you have self control? :???: :smile: :grin: :lol: It is impossible to resist lefse, especially fresh off the stove. It’s actually impossible to keep people from invading the kitchen and eating up all the lefse, so the lefse cook must endeavor to produce her lefse when the menfolk are not at home. It is the crack cocaine of tortillas. http://en.wilipedia.org/wiki/lefse [Now that I've let the cat out of the bag, so to speak, it might be better for society if we made lefse illegal because it is so addictive.]

  10. mexicanyakuza on August 25th, 2008 5:37 pm

    Marina,
    Can you investigate the origin of the Cesar Salad?
    regards
    Juan

  11. prospero811 on August 25th, 2008 1:08 pm
  12. CaptainJack on August 25th, 2008 12:54 pm

    Where fortune cookies invented in china? You would be surprised they weren’t. Anyone here want to tell the story about fortune cookies?

    This is a repost of my preference.
    Since I stated in the ‘Repair’ lesson, I like to eat Tacos on Tuesday. I want to state that I don’t eat at any American/Mexican taco joints. i.e. Taco Bell, Taco Time, Azteca, etc. Those are not real Mexican restaurants. I request you try to eat at one of those taco stands on the side of the road. You know the places where genuine Mexicans eat at. The places that server tacos that are only like the size of a coffee coaster. Yea you have to eat like 6 of them to fill yourself up. They are small because they are for lunches or snack food, But my gawd they are so awesome!! My favorite is steak tacos with lots of cilantro, onions and squeezed limes. OH man that stuff is good. I wash it all down with that white stuff.. hmmm I forget what they call it. It has coconut milk and cinnamon. It helps with the burning of the hot peppers. :mrgreen:

    I do eat Burritos from time to time. :grin:

    foxbow15 replied on August 25th, 2008 1:08 pm:

    probably American, cause i’v never seen them here or in any other european country, i’v only seen them on movies that play in America….. :???:

    okay4now replied on August 25th, 2008 4:08 pm:

    Gosh-darn-it Jack, I mentioned the last time you posted this that it’s called horchata and it’s not coconut it’s rice powder, together with vanilla & cows milk, + sugar + cinnamon + water. So, they really don’t use coconut for horchata (the “h” is silent). Not remembering the name is normal but do recall that it is RICE not coconut–think of it as liquid rice pudding.

    CaptainJack replied on August 25th, 2008 11:57 pm:

    Tnks OK4Now! :mrgreen: I knew you would come out of the wood work and correct me once again. I remember the lady told me it had coconut in it. Boy was she wrong. :roll: I hate haven learned something only to erase what I learned and program my mind with corrected information.

    Hey now that your hear. About tacos, those little tiny ones, are they called tacos or some other name? I hate that they would be compared to a Taco Bells version of… whatever that tortilla thing is.

    chevolay replied on August 25th, 2008 7:13 pm:

    Try Aqua de Coco if you like coconut milk, don’t buy the stuff in cans, wait until your next trip to Mexico

    CaptainJack replied on August 26th, 2008 12:00 am:

    Never been to Mexico. :sad: But it is on my list of places to go. :grin:

    okay4now replied on August 26th, 2008 3:51 am:

    Some canned coconut milk can be great! Even some from Mexico, but fresh is better, so, the next best thing is to buy a coconut at the supermarket. Many have a few (hidden off the most travelled path) and they can be great pretty fresh & not that expensive–most are from Thailand.

    CaptainJack replied on August 26th, 2008 12:07 am:

    OMG! Its 12:05 am PST, and Its TACO TUESDAY! I wonder if there is a roach coach serving early a.m. tacos? :mrgreen:

    Damn I guess Im going have to settle for a late night Vietnamese spring roll. Can someone please pass the seaweed?
    Yea I know spring rolls don’t have seaweed in them, but its not your spring roll now is it?!?!? :mrgreen:

    okay4now replied on August 26th, 2008 3:44 am:

    Yeah, the little ones are tacos also or you can call them little tacos or taquitos, a word which we (U.S.) normally use for rolled fried tacos which they would call duros (hard).  Mexicans are totally open to regionality; so, if one thing is called something different somewhere else they might think that’s normal–even if in the U.S.
    Jack, sounds like you & I would eat at many of the same places, I love low-end (some of the best food) & high-end (some of the most hyped) as long as there is food sense & ‘technique’ I’m in–especially ethnic. I’ve been to Chinese, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern (mostly markets), Latin etc. where no one there spoke English, and that was in the States. As Paris H. would say, “Loves it!”

    chevolay replied on August 26th, 2008 1:29 pm:

    There is a real good Mexican Restaurant near Kettle Falls, WA very near the Canadian border. Maybe you can get there by boat if you had a Viking long boat.

  13. chevolay on August 25th, 2008 10:56 am

    Combo plate :cool:

  14. jarkaruus on August 25th, 2008 9:46 am

    TACOS!!!!! :twisted:

  15. jelgueta on August 25th, 2008 9:35 am

    Word Request. Marina, I wonder why they call the Buffalo Wings like that, I haven’t seen a Buffalo with real wings…

  16. swampwiz on August 25th, 2008 9:24 am

    Interesting. What Marina has described as a burrito is now often called a taco (or “soft” taco) in Mexican culture. And it is basically the same thing as a shoarma, kabob, or gyro (”yiro”), etc.

  17. protac6 on August 25th, 2008 8:33 am

    Can you please find the origin of the word “working out” because I’ve been curious about this for a long time while I go to the gym or work out. I’m sure you should know since you certainly must know how to work out with your tremendous body. Do you have to go literally WORk OUTSIDE or what? The results also have names such as “cut”, “ripped”, and “yolked”.

    Help Teacher!

    Thanks

  18. pig-in-a-poke on August 25th, 2008 8:12 am

    Hello my Dear Teacher,

    I heard an American tennis star refer to Maria Sharipova as “another one of those ‘ova’ girls” and I became intrigued. I was familiar with her beauty and that of Anna Kournikova. Now, as our newest beautiful “ova” girl, I would like to know if the suffix of like Russian names indicate a particular geographic area in Russia where all the women are blond and beautiful, or if the “ova” implies beauty.

    Respectfully,
    Your Dear Student

    Bob replied on August 25th, 2008 9:45 am:

    Isn’t it just the female form of the -ov ending for males?
    Petrov=Son of Peter
    Petrova=Daughter of Peter

    Of course ova also means an egg in the latin languages, so here is a riddle appropriate to your name, pig-in-a-poke.
    Q. What is the difference between involvement and commitment?
    A. It’s like the traditional English breakfast of eggs and bacon - the chicken was involved in it’s preparation but the pig was committed.

    pig-in-a-poke replied on August 25th, 2008 10:54 am:

    Very good, Bob, I came to the same conclusion after I put away the idea of a geographic region for genetically superior female beauty. Perhaps, I foolishly wandered in thought seeking Ponce de Leon’s fountain of youth. Then my training in Spanish kicked-in providing the (a) for feminine words, as in Latin.

    I enjoyed your riddle. Involvement is definately the better dish. I’ll remember that. Thanks for your reply.

  19. mijj on August 25th, 2008 8:05 am

    Marina .. do you have any hot friends who could do a “Hot For Non-Linear Differential Equations” vid series?

    :shock:

    .. You could start an entire “Hot For” college.

    Bob replied on August 25th, 2008 9:34 am:

    Carol Vorderman is possibly looking for a job. :lol:
    (The above remark will probably not mean anything to non UK residents.)

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 9:43 am:

    Oh yeh! :grin:

    .. the original “HotForNumbers” girl .. beat M by .. erm .. 25 years?

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 9:47 am:

    hunts for pic of vorderman

    aye .. here she is .. our original “HotForNumbers” girl ..
    :wink:
    [Carol Vorderman]

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 10:27 am:

    [Nigella Lawson]!!

    Her cooking program might as well be called ["HotForCooking"] !!

    We’ve almost got the full college.

  20. dellforce on August 25th, 2008 7:37 am

    Well, Marina, you finally have backed me up on something I’ve been telling people for years, that the burrito is not even Mexican, and that the name implies that the burrito is made from donkey meat (well you didn’t say that, but the name would start you thinking… HHmmm!). And I’ve never met a Mexican who would agree that the word ‘enchilada’ really means anything either. It’s just another American neologizm for the purpose commercialization.
    Hey, Marina… Remember when you made the video about common mistakes people make and how it sends chills up and down that alluring narrow back of yours…? (e.g. your when they should say you’re). Well, I think you made one of those common mistakes at the end of this video :shock: :shock: :shock: But, maybe it’s just my opinion, SO maybe you could research it for me. You said, “Which do you like better”?, and I know everyone says that. But, I’ve always thought it should be “like more” (the way they say in other languages, like Spanish [e.g. Cual te gusta más?, which do you like more?]). The reasoning is that liking something is a quantitative ability, not a qualitative ability. “Which do you play better, the trumpet or the guitar”? vs. “Which sound do you like more, the trumpet or the guitar”? So, am I just nit-picking ( hey, there’s one for you to investigate, hotty for words :mrgreen: ) or am I correct in insisting upon this correction. I’ve given up correcting everyone around me long ago… Now that the king is dead and the land across the Atlantic has become industrialized, no one cares about making sure they speak the king’s English anymore and anyway. mmmmmmMMMMMWAH! (Hey, you don’t do that anymore :sad: )

  21. roonan on August 25th, 2008 7:21 am

    hey, i already requested this a couple of days ago, but i don’t even think that u have read it : where does the word ‘rucksack’ come from ? please explain :mrgreen:

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 8:10 am:

    she doesn’t read mine either …

    {shiny eyed blink-blink-blink}

    …she hates us. :neutral:

    Bob replied on August 25th, 2008 10:35 am:

    Guys, have patience; she’s a very busy girl and you are not the centre of the universe - Kobe is. :smile:

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 11:15 am:

    That little fella doesn’t leave her side does he :?: She puts a lot of love on that little fuzz ball :smile:

  22. pokemonfan on August 25th, 2008 7:12 am

    I would like to ask for a word: “PROBATIONARY”,

  23. al_eclectic on August 25th, 2008 6:47 am

    Which do I prefer, tacos or burritos?

    I prefer the “whole enchilada”…

  24. nighteye on August 25th, 2008 6:37 am

    Marina, Pizzas come from either Greece or the Vikings. I’ve seen evidence of both, but not any clear dates.

    The Italians were just the first to use tomato sauce on a pizza.

  25. misscupcake on August 25th, 2008 5:43 am

    actually this might be a good time to ask people..

    what does philia mean?
    as in, necro and pedo?

    i googled it but it kept giving me names like ophelia and stuff. i know phobia means a fear of, and my understanding of necrophilia and pedophilia is that its kinda like.. an extreme love.. maybe bordering on the illegal kind? or maybe it means its… a sexual type of thing..

    and what other philias are there?

    :)

    foxbow15 replied on August 25th, 2008 5:52 am:

    I think philia is something you like or love… or something like that, there are hundreds of others….hydrophilia, PHILOlogy,thermophilia can’t think of anymore but there are many..

    James replied on August 25th, 2008 7:32 am:

    I TOLD YOU THAT FOXBOW15 ! :p

    foxbow15 replied on August 25th, 2008 5:55 am:

    roonan replied on August 25th, 2008 7:23 am:

    it comes from the ancient-greek (not sure if it’s in modern greek too) ‘philo’, which literally means ‘to love’, so foxbow’s completely right. :smile:

    James replied on August 25th, 2008 7:38 am:

    MISSCUPCAKE YOUR LATEST VIDEO WAS HILARIOUS “I cana do an italian accen, al I can do is this one witch is very stereotypical.” that was so funny. I can do a couple of them.. Can I make a video and post it as a reasonse??

    foxbow15 replied on August 25th, 2008 9:12 am:

    No you were talking abouth phElia :mrgreen:

    misscupcake replied on August 25th, 2008 11:01 pm:

    thanks james, you can post a video response yes :mrgreen:

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 11:43 am:

    –> philia

    … as opposed to phobia, i guess.

    misscupcake replied on August 25th, 2008 11:03 pm:

    danke schoen aLx… ich bin hemaphiliac :mrgreen:

  26. misscupcake on August 25th, 2008 5:41 am

    now im hungry :oops:
    my first job was at a mexican restaurant
    keep in mind, in australia, mexican cuisine isnt as popular as it is in america. and usually its very mediocre fast food-like. but the restaurant i worked at was very classy, wine glasses and all. LOL.
    i made burritos every single day! and tostadas, enchiladas, flautas, nachos, el burros… the list goes on.

    awww. i was going to request the word ’spam’ but i see its already been done :(
    :oops: :oops: :oops:

    PS. if alx sees this, i apologise for not replying to your old comment from.. a day ago, or two days ago.. i only just realised, it was in my spam!

    how come some messages from hotforwords.com went to my spam folder that day :(

    i like marina :mrgreen:

    pedantickarl replied on August 25th, 2008 9:38 am:

    Hello misscupcake :smile:
    Regarding:
    “how come some messages from hotforwords.com
    went to my spam folder that day”

    Most spam filters are inadequate. They are either too aggressive where friendly email ends in the spam bucket or not aggressive enough where we have to sort through the spam.

    Some spam filters have settings where you can change the degree of aggressiveness. Usually, when the spam filter is set too aggressively, ordinary common words like “hot”, “superb”, “real estate” and many others are flagged as spam.

    Check your ISP’s web based control panel and look for spam settings. You may see controls that you can change. :smile:

    melikadothechacha replied on August 25th, 2008 9:52 am:

    Comment notifications going into Spam folder?
    1. Clear all occurences from Spam folder
    2. Add the following entry in your Contacts (as the email address):
    blogreg-do-not-reply-11(at)hotforwords(dot)com
    - replace words inside parenthesis with “at” sign and “.”
    (typed this way for you for an easy copy/paste)
    That should do it :mrgreen:
    nice icon - with a cherry on top? LOL! :grin:

    aLx replied on August 25th, 2008 11:20 am:

    address has changed:

    blog-mail12 [at] hotforwords-site [dot] com.

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 11:12 am:

    You say you hungry then have a cupcake. With a name as yours you should be able to make some beautiful cup cakes. :wink:

    BillyB replied on September 1st, 2008 12:58 am:

    ‘you ok… noticed the wierdness @ youtube… would it help if I unsubscribed (sosaut), or let me know if you want me to whoop someones ass, verbaly or otherwise. hey, you’re a good kid, you don’t need the hastle I know, but keep a cool head & ask Marina for help or advice.

  27. cgijoe on August 25th, 2008 5:10 am

    Marina,

    We all know you know that Pizzas come from Greece… speaking of greece I do have a question … regarding the word Philanthropy… when did love for mankind turn into giving people money :?:

    -j

  28. consage on August 25th, 2008 4:42 am

    Please, please Marina - why the apostrophes in “Burrito’s” or “Pizza’s?” True, an etymologist is not a grammarian - but so many look to you for, well, inspiration.

    Marina replied on August 25th, 2008 7:10 am:

    Good one consage! When I first wrote the description I wrote “The burrito’s not Mexican?…. The pizza’s not Italian?” But then I thought about it.. and changed it to what it now reads and left the apostrophes in by mistake. The burrito is Mexican food… where it was invented is what I wanted to talk about.

    Thanks for pointing that out, as I completely overlooked it! Extra credit for you :-)

    protac6 replied on August 25th, 2008 8:44 am:

    What can’t she do? Super Teacher dawg.

  29. crazyincrete on August 25th, 2008 3:48 am

    Strastoicha, Marina! Kak dela? I’d like to request a word I came across a long long time ago and have never heard used in regular speech … well, by anyone other than me anyway:
    Tenesmus
    The funniest or most offensive definition I came across in a dictionary was: a sudden or violent urge to deficate or urinate with the straining yet unsuccessful attempt to do so.
    Just the fact that someone came up with this word amazes me. I believe it’s Greek derivation, but I haven’t looked it up in ages.
    Enjoy you videos, and glad to see you are successful at what you do.
    It’s all about the love…

  30. elliott610 on August 25th, 2008 3:10 am

    I’ll have a burrito, please
    bill

  31. bobsully on August 25th, 2008 3:00 am

    I like Tacos, Teach, but now you have made me hungry! Wait??? How did we get the word “hungry” for both an appetite and a country??? Well this ever end? Please investigate…

    mistress9nine replied on August 25th, 2008 4:32 am:

    For the last time! The country is called Hungary not Hungry! I live here and I hate the english name. We have a nice name for oursalves, why cant other nations use that? Magyarország.

    bobsully replied on August 25th, 2008 4:41 am:

    You are correct. I should given it more thought. :oops: My only excuse is the early hour, but I’m not sure I would not have made the same mistake later.

    Thanks for pointing it out. I wonder why other nations do not use the name you have given yourselves?

    bobsully replied on August 25th, 2008 4:48 am:

    I even learned how to pronounce it.

    http://forvo.com/word/magyarorsz%C3%A1g/

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 9:26 am:

    Hi Misstress9nine. Could you please give us or me a little history as to when the name changed or was it always called Magyarország. Is Hungary the translated version into English. When I was in high school that’s all we were taught that your country was called Hungary. I wish then they would have taught us the proper name of Magyarország. I’ll be your first student and listen well. I like Bobsully went to the site he suggested and listened to how it is pronounced and it is a beautiful name. :smile:
    Mike

    pedantickarl replied on August 25th, 2008 9:48 am:

    It is also true of many other countries:
    Deutschland / Germany
    Österreich / Austria

    This might be a good lesson for Marina to tackle.
    Why are there so many names for different countries?

    If I remember correctly, Germany has the greatest number of different names of all countries.

    geronimo replied on August 25th, 2008 11:09 am:

    Because it’s too dang hard to say, that’s why. Just trying to say Magyarország is making me Hungary. (yes, I know how I spelled Hungry)
    :lol:

    lividemerald replied on August 26th, 2008 2:49 pm:

    I’d never heard of Magyarország. I am familiar, of course, with Deutschland, Schweiz (la Suisse), Italia, and practically every other European country’s true name. Shockingly, in France, the French word for France is France. :roll:

    mistress9nine replied on August 30th, 2008 10:20 pm:

    It was never changed, it was the name we always used, somehow they called it Hungary abroad. I only know it has nothing to do with the huns who lived there.

  32. girobass on August 25th, 2008 2:35 am

    ochin ploha! HOLA MARINA, Burritos are from mexico, this time your research was wrong. the burritos were invented in the city called “ciudad Juarez” in the mexican state of Chihuahua
    they called burritos because this kind of food were transported and distributed using a donkey crossing the Bravo River in the times of mexican revolution 1910 - 1921. the burrito is a taco but with a biger tortilla.
    “wheat tortilla” IS MEXICAN!, you must search in wikipedia the word “burrito (comida)”

  33. lostinhere on August 25th, 2008 1:37 am

    I like them both equally, with lots of refried beans. Of course, no one likes me eating the refried beans… :lol:

  34. danielpool52 on August 25th, 2008 12:46 am

    vote 305 :cool:

    Bob replied on August 25th, 2008 3:04 am:

    HFW #3 - 325 (#2 - 361)

  35. ya tebya lyublyu on August 25th, 2008 12:37 am
  36. socksandviolins on August 25th, 2008 12:12 am

    I always thought a little donkey was called an “asset.”

    I like burritos best. Not so messy to eat, and they stay together better when you toss one across the cafeteria to your friend.

    Marina replied on August 25th, 2008 12:57 am:

    Cute socksandviolins :-)

    protac6 replied on August 25th, 2008 8:36 am:

    I always thought burritoes were more messy since all of the ingredients inside.

  37. epicfail on August 24th, 2008 11:42 pm

    Also Anonymous

  38. epicfail on August 24th, 2008 11:39 pm

    Word Request: Epicfail

  39. tazman on August 24th, 2008 11:26 pm

    I would also know about the words
    ‘Nymph’ and ‘Notorious’
    Thanks Teach!!! :grin: :grin:

  40. tazman on August 24th, 2008 11:22 pm

    I love ‘BURRITOs’!!!!
    They are best because you can make any food combo into a ‘BURRITO’!!!
    By the way. ‘PIZZA’ as we know it now. with all the sauces and cheese, is what comes from America.

  41. dictionaricdotcom on August 24th, 2008 11:08 pm

    I will add that BURRO “donkey” in Spanish is connected to BUREAU “desk, office” in French.
    Both words are tied to the concept “brown” : the Burro is brown and the desk is covered with a brown cloth.
    What more in French BOURREAU means “hangman” and is also connected to the same concept : the hang man was clad with brown leather for protecting him from the blood.
    In France BOUREAU is also a surname inherited from an ancestor whose hair was brown.

  42. koalabear on August 24th, 2008 10:58 pm

    Just voted.
    Marina has 280 votes, but has slipped back to 3rd place. :sad:

  43. monis khan on August 24th, 2008 10:50 pm

    hi Marina
    u are sooo cute and beautiful, i love u muahzzzz
    well i have a request for 2 words
    1) Hug
    2) condom

  44. athoorth on August 24th, 2008 10:44 pm

    I’d say i like Tacos better, never eaten a burrito so hehehe.

    Also curious about when the results of yesterdays love letter competition will be announced, I’m guessing it wll take the better part of a week (at least) to pick the winners hehe.

    M.V.H. Ath.

  45. BillyB on August 24th, 2008 10:39 pm

    You ever had an ass whoopin’

    melikadothechacha replied on August 25th, 2008 5:29 am:

    It’s a Gas!

  46. luca_turichi on August 24th, 2008 10:23 pm

    Hi, I already posted in youtube, but I wanna request a word.
    U refeared to “gringos” in this video, I already know what gringos are, I’ve been mexican the last 20 years… But I wonder where the word came from, nobody here has ever been able to explain me… Please.

  47. max headroom on August 24th, 2008 10:22 pm

    TACOS TACOS TACOS :shock:
    I KNEW THAT THE BURRITOS WERE’NT FROM HERE (MEXICO) BUT MY FRIENDS DID’NT BELIEVE ME, NOW THANKS TO YOU I’M GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT
    THANK YOU MARINA, I LOVE YOU.

  48. leonard on August 24th, 2008 10:15 pm

    Burrito vrs Taco—The better of the two depends on who make ‘em. The lime or ash helps the skin of the corn to be removed and the groat[grit] binds to make corn tortilia. from Sp.-torta cake Is there a rye burrito? Why flour and not flower? “let’em eat cake” :lol:

  49. hotrocky on August 24th, 2008 9:41 pm

    Thought I heard a hint in your article about burritos that maybe pizza is not from Italy. Can you comment on that? I was told it was a way to get rid of bread dough and tomato sauce at the end of the day and was given to the poor. They told me the GI’s brought it back from the war. What’s the real story?

  50. speed_demon66 on August 24th, 2008 9:15 pm

    hey marina, I think the pizza reccete was invented in china long time ago, wasn’t it?

    melikadothechacha replied on August 24th, 2008 9:28 pm:

    Marco!

    Capman911 replied on August 25th, 2008 9:31 am:

    Polo!

    Bob replied on August 25th, 2008 10:25 am:

    Horse Hockey!

  51. buzzword on August 24th, 2008 9:14 pm

    some male behavior on hfw is very similar to primate behavior.

    hotrocky replied on August 24th, 2008 9:42 pm:

    This surprises you? :)

    roadrunrnch replied on August 25th, 2008 2:53 am:

    concise?? really ? I will try to use less ignorant words from now on just for you. Maybe you would like it better if I wrote in Spanish. ( Latino ) But
    you win, You are right there are no Mexicans here in the USA. What could I have been thinking. And you used the most words in you retort to say nothing at all. You are rather prolixious :lol:

  52. David on August 24th, 2008 9:13 pm

    Where did the expression “I’ll take the whole enchilada” come from?

  53. David on August 24th, 2008 9:11 pm

    I heard that the Caesar salad was invented at a hotel restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. Anybody know this to be true? or was it somewhere else?

  54. David on August 24th, 2008 9:08 pm

    Tacos are good too, but, the hot sauce always drips out… making a mess.
    They should make them with “flaps” on the end to catch all of this… or make miniature ones that you can easily toss into the old “hatch”.

  55. David on August 24th, 2008 8:59 pm

    Hi Marina,

    I prefer the cream corn and mini-marshmallow BURRITO at Chef Bigbelly Gonowhere Cafe (breakfast time) with a side of smoked mussel chocolate sauce for dipping. It’s something different that’s for sure. You gotta try it first with your eyes closed or you’ll barf!

    Tacos are

  56. eric812 on August 24th, 2008 8:50 pm

    marina i would like to know the origin of the word “tutor”,marina i know your a very smart woman but did you ever have to be tutored at anything?

  57. eric812 on August 24th, 2008 8:44 pm

    i prefer softshell taco`s.

  58. pedantickarl on August 24th, 2008 8:08 pm

    One hour of voting left for Sunday, then we go into Monday a new voting day. ref: East coast time zone.
    Marina has 258 votes. She needs 195 votes to be in 1st position.

    mijj replied on August 25th, 2008 7:49 am:

    that “Kernkraft 400 with Techno Viking”

    !! .. i was skeered and hid in the basement.

    pedantickarl replied on August 25th, 2008 9:50 am:

    You too, huh? It is freaky isn’t it?

  59. marinaalexis on August 24th, 2008 8:02 pm

    where does the word sushi come from?

    -Marina Alexis :grin:

  60. danielpool52 on August 24th, 2008 8:00 pm

    marina why is your nickname . . it is a nice nickname i like it but why do people call you , . thank you marina :lol:

    danielpool52 replied on August 24th, 2008 8:24 pm:

    :sad: :sad: OK marina i will never ask again i understand they didn’t have to beat me up that bad did they

    melikadothechacha replied on August 25th, 2008 10:09 am:

    Bruce Springsteen aka “the boss”
    was very popular in Russia when
    Marina taught school, I’m guessing.
    Since one translation of Koba is
    “the boss”, I figure her students
    called her koba, as a tribute to
    Bruce springtein (not Stalin).
    Inquiring minds want to know

  61. Богдан on August 24th, 2008 7:54 pm

    a word request, Marina.
    *ruthless* - Condi’s tag for any foreign leadership that objects to our military efforts to spread peace and liberty to a world yearning to enjoy our western values. :grin:
    There is hope, hopeful, hopeless.
    Ruth-ful? What does it mean to have ‘ruth’. Is it biblical?
    Thanks for another clever and entertaining lesson.
    Pizza was invented in Boston, Chicago, or New York. Not Italy. I heard the pizza there is not too good.

  62. 100percentjacob on August 24th, 2008 7:39 pm

    A soft shell taco or burrito is my favorite. The tortillla chips are my favorite though. :mrgreen:

    Marina, is the love letter contest over?

  63. roadrunrnch on August 24th, 2008 7:14 pm

    OK Marina give it up.
    The Kizil-Koba Cave (The Red Cave) is the biggest in Crimea.
    Does it have to do with the Red Cave?. Being you were a Red Head at one time and the water there.?
    And or the Gold Fish ( Mermaid ) by Stanislaw Koba.
    Tell James or Capman I do not care just tell someone………

    p-l-e-a-s-e :shock:

    pedantickarl replied on August 24th, 2008 7:33 pm:

    Nice research R3… You want my prediction? Did you listen to the Maxim radio show? Our teacher is releasing her book next year. My prediction is that the answer will be in the book. :grin:
    Am I right, or am I right? (I’m never right about these things :sad: )

    danielpool52 replied on August 24th, 2008 7:43 pm:

    you could be right about that :?:

    melikadothechacha replied on August 24th, 2008 8:44 pm:

    Gold fish? LOL
    Did anyone notice how Marina distracted
    us once again, with a lesson about food??
    Taco Taco Burrito!

  64. smokey36bear on August 24th, 2008 7:06 pm

    she is at 257 now

  65. duke veritas on August 24th, 2008 6:44 pm

    !Gracias Jamid!

  66. danielpool52 on August 24th, 2008 6:39 pm

    :lol: hey who is the housewife she is pretty and has a nice arse

    2utoday replied on August 24th, 2008 6:50 pm:

    I think you meant nice personality. :grin:

    danielpool52 replied on August 24th, 2008 6:55 pm:

    yes that too :lol:

    danielpool52 replied on August 24th, 2008 6:58 pm:

    and she is a good cook :lol:

    2utoday replied on August 24th, 2008 6:58 pm:

    Now if only she could land a gig on network television. Her ratings would be fabulous!!

    2utoday replied on August 24th, 200